Antitrust

Read about the SEC’s focus on regulating the use of artificial intelligence by financial services providers in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

Since the beginning of Chair Khan’s tenure at the Federal Trade Commission (and in line with President Biden’s aim to curb rising health care costs), the current FTC has committed to bring enforcement actions against health care consolidation and rising prices. Over the past two years the FTC has employed novel competition tools to achieve this purpose, as demonstrated by the Commission’s suit last week against a private equity firm and its related specialty practice—alleging violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, Section 7 of the Clayton Act and Section 5 of the FTC Act.

Read about the inaugural AI Insight Forum held on September 13, 2023, in the US Senate and congressional AI hearings held during the same week in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

In this edition of AI: The Washington Report, read about Mintz’s Federal AI Legislation Tracker, which tracks bills pending in Congress that primarily concern AI regulation or that would institute significant regulations, policies, or programs concerning AI.

In the first of a multi-part series, our team examines trends in AI regulation and the impact it will have on businesses that use it. 

Read about the FTC’s complaint against Automated AI and affiliated entities and individuals over AI-related misleading claims in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

Read the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI, including a court ruling and a US Copyright Office interpretation involving copyright law and AI.

Read the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI, including developments regarding the application of copyright law to AI.

Read the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI, including about the Civil Investigative Demand the FTC recently served to ChatGPT developer OpenAI.

Leaders of the Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus introduced a bill that would create a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) to provide AI-related resources to spur innovation and US competitiveness. Mintz Antitrust Practice Co-chair Bruce Sokler and ML Strategies’ Alex Hecht and Christian Fjeld discuss the bill and the three-year push for the NAIRR.

Read the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI, including the White House’s voluntary framework for ensuring safe, secure, and trustworthy AI.

The FTC and DOJ jointly published draft merger guidelines reflecting the agencies’ current aggressive approach to merger enforcement. In an article, Mintz Antitrust attorneys discuss the draft guidelines’ move away from the consumer welfare standard, lower thresholds for deals presumed to be illegal, and other key changes, including a focus on the effect of industry roll-ups.

Read the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI, including a recent FCC and NSF Workshop on AI’s implications for communications networks and consumers.

Read the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI, including the FTC’s enforcement actions and guidance related to AI.

On Monday, the FTC lost its bid to preliminarily enjoin Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision, the maker of the popular video game, “Call of Duty.” 

Read the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI, including the newly introduced National AI Commission Act that seeks to establish a commission to formulate a legislative framework on AI.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced this week its Notice of Proposed Rule Making, drafted in concurrence with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), that, if implemented would result in significant and burdensome changes to the U.S. merger review process.

The accelerating advances in AI have heightened legislative, executive, and regulatory activities focused on its implications. In a series of articles, Mintz and ML Strategies explore the federal government’s actions in this area, such as the national AI strategic plan and upcoming US Senate forums aimed at forging consensus and informing future legislation.

Read the second edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, or regulatory activities related to AI.